Have a say on road safety

COMMUNITY input is invited via an online survey about road safety in the Moorabool Shire after the council obtained funding from the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) for the development of a new four-year Community Road Safety Strategy.

The survey can be accessed on the council’s Have Your Say webpage.

Council officers aim to learn more about perceived road safety issues from drivers, riders and pedestrians.

Mayor Cr Paul Tatchell hopes residents and visitors will provide as much feedback as possible to help identify and address road safety issues in Moorabool.

“In the last five years there have been 665 casualty crashes in the Moorabool Shire, resulting in 457 serious injuries and 37 fatalities,” he said.

“These numbers are more than statistics, they represent real people in our community whose lives have been forever changed. It is important to bring those numbers down.

“Council can analyse crash data and tap into the knowledge of staff and Victoria Police, however, to get a better understanding of why crashes occur, where the main problems are, and the opportunities to make improvements, we need feedback from the local community and visitors to the Shire.

“We know that local knowledge is key to improving safety outcomes. We encourage everyone to have their say.”

In-person sessions will be held in August following the survey.

The sessions will include road safety data specific to Moorabool Shire, a discussion of the survey results and the key themes that emerge from community feedback.

The Moorabool Community Road Safety Strategy will be developed after the community engagement process is complete.

The survey will close on Sunday 27 July and takes only a few minutes to complete.